December

Now that December has arrived, here is a look at the last month of the past year for the final part of my 2016 Calendar.

Actually no, the very last act will come later this month as a finale of this blog when I shall choose only one photo from each month in order to compile the ultimate Calendar 2016 which was my original intention, but then I fell into the if-I-choose-only-one-all-the-others-will-be-sad trap.

Which is also why there are 15 photos here instead of the usual twelve. It was a good month. And another one like it has just begun.

All the other months are listed and linked to at the end of the post. If you feel like choosing your favourite photo for each month, go ahead, I’ll pretend it was your idea so that I don’t come off as too premeditated. 😀

Heart calling back east again, if only for a while. Slovenia will be colder, wetter, louder, more active and more peopled with all those that I miss.

And on Thursdays don’t forget to close the door, or your kitchen will be in my picture. 😉

(Clicking on photos brings them even closer.)

Some might see winter as a black and white affair, but my last December was surprisingly colourful, as we shall see.

The road home from the beach: the cloud in the shape of the UK leaving Europe (or a dove).

Then it was off to Rome: a lovely pre-dinner stroll through Trastevere and over the Tiber.

Just an ordinary building in Rome’s Monteverde. This is their trick: they adorn everything with beauty, so that sometimes you don’t even notice it.

“Follow Your Heart.” What a simple guidance and one I shall never be sorry to obey. After Christmas it pointed to the Slovenian coast.

A great trip idea: “Škocjanski zatok” nature reserve in Slovenia.

DECEMBER: Nature reserved. Škocjanski zatok, Slovenia.

Piran. The blues are taking over.

Lisca in Lucija. Amore had a chuckle since in Italian lisca means fishbone.

The town Izola which is not on an island anymore but on a peninsula.

Mount Triglav presiding. The highest peak of the Julian Alps and Slovenia.

“Slovenian Tuscany”: Goriška Brda wine-growing region.

Villa Vipolže in Goriška Brda, the most beautiful Renaissance villa in Slovenia (what they say).

The Piran St. George church from Strunjan.

A fitting last photo of the year. Piran saying The End in German. Just because.

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Great pics but I love your words, too, they make me laugh ❤️ The first pic is a classic, also live the Rome pre-dinner one (you are soooo lucky!!!) and the sunset twigs & church one 😄 And all the others, too! Buona sera e ciao!

Oh, I loved the blue of your December, especially the boats! And even dark side of Rome feels so light. And the silhouette of the church in Piran is so romantic.
I also loved your idea of a calendar. Would it be ok if I borrow it?
Oh, and I envy that you are so close to your east. I feel my heart pulling me that way too, but my east is a little bit longer journey. That heart, it never stops pulling one somewhere, true for you too?

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